Context: Scope of practice is an important factor in both training and recruiting rural family physicians. Purpose: To assess rural Idaho family physicians' scope of practice and to examine variations in scope of practice across variables such as gender, age and employment status. Methods: A survey instrument was developed based on a literature…

A report of a three-day symposium concentrates on special problems of educating physicians and other health personnel in sparsely settled areas. Specific topics include: (1) present health and medical care in sparsely settled states; (2) education for health and medical service, (3) factors in medical school planning for sparsely settled areas,…

Space, in a geographic sense, entails costs when there is too much of it in relation to population and income. In the West, by comparison with more populous areas to the east, the level of personal income per square mile and per capita is low; costs per unit of, and per capita for, transportation, health and medical care, and education are high;…